Sri Lanka to open honorary consulate in Kerala

[Gibbs]

Sri Lanka to open honorary consulate in Kerala - Yahoo News Maktoob
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS – 7 hours ago

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25 (IANS) A honorary consulate of Sri Lanka will be opened in the Kerala capital Wednesday by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Speaking to IANS, A. Jayaprakash, advisor to the honorary counsul Joemon Joseph, said this new beginning will be a boost for business between Kerala and Sri Lanka.

"Tourism is one business that will get a major boost both in Kerala and Sri Lanka as people from both these places do travel up and down. Another important gain would be for the business community as there would be more trade and business activities," said Jayaprakash.

In the run-up to the official clearing of the consular office of Sri Lanka here, the major point of discussion was on how this new office could help in boosting trade and commerce.

"Coconut is one product that Sri Lanka is doing a lot of value addition to. Here in Kerala, coconut is an important cash crop and there are companies in Sri Lanka which are looking forward for engaging in doing value addition to coconut here," added Jayaprakash.

Currently there are two Sri Lankan consulates functioning in Chennai and Mumbai besides two honorary consulates in Bangalore and Kolkata. The one in Kolkata is all set to be upgraded to a full-fledged consulate soon.

Trade circles in Kerala also appear to be in a buoyant mood as today in Sri Lanka, Chinese companies have made major inroads in all sectors and the industry here is looking to Sri Lanka as a possible new business centre.

 

[Cherokee]

Get More Consulates in North India . You will fare better .

 

[Gibbs]

Get More Consulates in North India . You will fare better .

Agreed.. The Madras mission should ideally be relocated to either Ahmadabad or Chandigarh.. They already have missions in Calcutta and Bombay.. With the high commission in Delhi

 

[A Town]

No more Sri Lankan consulates, this is a bad move.

 

[jandk]

Agreed.. The Madras mission should ideally be relocated to either Ahmadabad or Chandigarh.. They already have missions in Calcutta and Bombay.. With the high commission in Delhi

ON a side note, Chandigarh is a beautiful city. The girls are attractive and very modern too which is always a plus.

 

[Gibbs]

ON a side note, Chandigarh is a beautiful city. The girls are attractive and very modern too which is always a plus.

Yeap.. Majority of the Lankans have far more similarities with Northern and Eastern India than the South, Plus they already have counsels in Bangalore and now a new one in Kerala which are important.. So i dont really see the logic behind having one in Madras unless it's for security and intelligence purposes

 

[HeinzG]

Agreed.. The Madras mission should ideally be relocated to either Ahmadabad or Chandigarh.. They already have missions in Calcutta and Bombay.. With the high commission in Delhi

exactly we need to reach into furthermost areas in India where we can have a influence and isolate TN. This was our grand strategy in the past.

 

[Chola warrior]

exactly we need to reach into furthermost areas in India where we can have a influence and isolate TN. This was our grand strategy in the past.

Where you can influence? Isolate TN? I pity your ignorance
No one gives damn about you people

 

[Koovie]

Get More Consulates in North India . You will fare better .

Why do you think that?

 

[A Town]

exactly we need to reach into furthermost areas in India where we can have a influence and isolate TN. This was our grand strategy in the past.

Most Indians won't tolerate Sri Lankan BS anyway and we stand with our Tamil brothers. Your plan fails.

Yeap.. Majority of the Lankans have far more similarities with Northern and Eastern India than the South, Plus they already have counsels in Bangalore and now a new one in Kerala which are important.. So i dont really see the logic behind having one in Madras unless it's for security and intelligence purposes

What similarities?

 

[takeiteasy]

Get More Consulates in North India . You will fare better .

galat fahemi... Kerala/Malayali don't have ANY issues with Srilanka. it is Tamilnadu nationalists who are the problem makers. so, today you learned South India does not hate Srilanka - it is Tamilnadu separatists(LTTE) and Dravidian zombies who hates Srilanka. those Ennada Rascala are 99% from Tamilnadu. not Kerala,Karnatka or even Andhra.

 

[Bombaywalla]

Yeap.. Majority of the Lankans have far more similarities with Northern and Eastern India than the south

This, I wholeheartedly disagree with.

 

[takeiteasy]

This, I wholeheartedly disagree with.

what is wrong in their belief. although they are the same ethnicity wise, Tamils and Sinhalese will want to deny their similarities.

 

[Manvantaratruti]

This, I wholeheartedly disagree with.

LOL......let them their fantasy.

However Genetically they are a mix of Tamil, Punjab, Gujarat, Bengal and Bihar.

Genetic studies have show ethnic Sinhalese have either of these parental lineage,
- either Tamil and Bengali parental lineage.
- Tamil, Bengali and Gujarati parental lineage.
- Bengal, Gujarati and Punjabi parental lineage.

 

[Bombaywalla]

what is wrong in their belief. although they are the same ethnicity wise, Tamils and Sinhalese will want to deny their similarities.

Yeah I'm not going to get into that, but the Lankans have a lot more in common culturally with people who live south of the Vindhyas than those north of it.